《铅气球》是由Open Mike Productions为BBC Four制作的英国电视剧。该系列由喜剧演员杰克·迪和皮特·辛克莱共同创作。迪伊饰演里克·斯佩林，一位愤世嫉俗的喜剧演员，生活中充斥着琐碎的烦恼、失望和尴尬。拉奎尔·卡西迪、肖恩·鲍尔和托尼·加德纳也出演了该片。2006年，英国广播公司第四频道播出了六集第一集，其中第一集的喜剧收视率最高。该剧在BBC二台和BBC高清电视台播放，吸引了更多观众。2007年11月，英国广播公司第二频道播出了第二个系列，共八集，2008年11月开始播出第三个系列。第四个也是最后一个系列于2011年5月31日在英国广播公司二频道播出，并于7月5日结束。评论家们将其与成功的美国喜剧《抑制你的热情》进行了比较，并对Lead Balloon的角色，尤其是东欧管家Magda作出了积极评价。第一个系列于2007年11月发行DVD。该剧的主题曲是《单向之路》的封面版本，由诺埃尔·加拉赫撰写，保罗·韦勒演唱。
牵气球 (季节 2)
Giraffe 0.0
播出日期: 2007-11-15
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Tonight, Spleen appears on a quiz show as a guest celebrity and manages to talk a contestant out of winning a car. As usual it's Rick's hopeless attempts to lie and wriggle his way out of disaster that are the meat of the comedy. But the sauce is the fine supporting characters, notably gloomy eastern European home-help Magda (who tonight announces she is "unheppy" and wants to quit) and Spleen's hilariously vague teenage daughter Sam.
Hero 0.0
播出日期: 2007-11-22
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick becomes a local hero when he stops someone from committing suicide. He gets even more excited when, as a result, a TV executive agrees to come to dinner to talk about Rick s career. Magda prepares a traditional dish from her country for the evening, but when the guests finally arrive, Rick gets an unwelcome surprise
Points 0.0
播出日期: 2007-11-29
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Three more points on his licence will be a ban, so he tries to persuade Mel, Marty and Madga to take the blame. Meanwhile, the local cafe owner railroads Rick into doing a fundraiser to save the town library. On top of it all, his daughter Sam has decided to get a tattoo.
Idiot 0.0
播出日期: 2007-12-06
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick's agent Mel's other client, ex-ice skating champ Gina Therese, has a new series coming up. Rick scoffs at the idea of an ice skater hosting a chat show until she asks him on as a guest. At home, Magda asks his advice on where to take her friend sightseeing when she visits England.
Sick 0.0
播出日期: 2007-12-13
运行时间: 30 min
概述: The women in Rick's house are sick and he is forced to take over. Rick promises to field his partner Mel's work calls, but does more harm than good. Magda makes matters worse by arriving with her home made soup. All these distractions are stopping Rick from working with Marty on the game show they want to pitch to a broadcaster: 'Lying or Flying'.
Debacle 0.0
播出日期: 2007-12-20
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick hosts an event for a pharmaceutical company. His stand-up goes down surprisingly well, but some of his ill-advised gags have far-reaching consequences.
Rita 0.0
播出日期: 2007-12-26
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick gets a part in a film starring cinema legend Rita Stetler. Michael's father is a huge fan of Rita's and when Rick offers to get the star to sign his vintage poster he gets less than he bargained for.
Lucky 0.0
播出日期: 2008-01-03
运行时间: 30 min
概述: Rick is sick of doing endless corporate gigs and accuses his writer Marty of lacking ambition, but a call from Hollywood changes everything. One of Mel's clients is going through a divorce, Ben and Sam start their own dog-walking business and Michael the cafe manager has started going to 'cuddle parties'.
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